Why no Out of office assistant

[evoxfan]

I would like to automatically reply to emails while I am out of the office.

There is no out of office assistant option when I go to tools menu from the
mail view.

Is there a way to turn on out of office assistant even though I cannot see it?

If not, is there a way I can automatically repy to emails while I am out of
the office?

 

[K. Orland]

The Out of Office Assistant is only available to those Outlook users who
connect to an Exchange server for email. Normally this is available only in a
business environment. If you're using an ISP and have POP3 or another type of
mail account, you would need to create a rule and leave Outlook running for
this to work.

http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/oooa.htm

Another option is to put an autoreply on your mail account using your ISP's
web interface or they might be able to do that for you.